Border tiles

Title:

Border tiles

Date:

1840

Description:

Salt-glazed border tiles made from kiln-fired red clay, used to line walkways and gardens. Made by slave labor on a plantation near Hickory Hill, South Carolina. Four tiles exist in the collection, two of each shown here.

Collection Title:

Walter Pantovic Artifact Collection

Contributing Institution:

Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston

Media Type:

Objects

Topical Subject:

Slaves--South Carolina, Slave labor--South Carolina, and Tiles

Geographic Subject:

Southern States, South Carolina, and South Atlantic States

Shelving Locator:

1999.001.070-71

Date Digital:

2009-12-08

Digitization Specifications:

300 dpi; Nikon D80 camera; archival images in .tif and .nef formats.

Internet Media Type:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Digital image copyright 2010, The College of Charleston Libraries. All rights reserved. For more information contact The College of Charleston Library, Charleston, SC 29424.

Admin ID:

29913